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Females demonstrated a longer endurance time and a lower blood pressure response during sustained isometric handgrip exercise compared to males.
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Does gender influence endurance time and blood pressure response to sustained isometric handgrip exercise in healthy young adults?
Cross-Sectional (n=30)
No
Does gender influence endurance time and blood pressure response to sustained isometric handgrip exercise in healthy young adults?
Females exhibit longer endurance times and lower blood pressure responses to sustained isometric handgrip exercise compared to males, likely due to differences in muscle mass and mechanical compression of vasculature.
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May inform sex-specific handgrip reference values; leaves open clinical utility and generalizability.
Studies on gender differences in cardiovascular responses to isometric exercise have been numerous and conflicting. The present study aims to measure the Endurance time and Blood Pressure response to sustained isometric exercise using handgrip dynamometer in both male and female. Thirty healthy subjects (16 males, 14 females) were taken for the study and the Endurance time and Blood Pressure response was determined and data obtained was analysed using SPSS software version -16. The present study showed that the Endurance time was longer in females as compared to males while the Blood pressure response was higher in males as compared to females. We can conclude from our study that females have less muscle mass so there is less mechanical compression of vasculature & hence less imbalance between blood supply & demand & delayed fatigability, thus accounting for the prolonged endurance time& lesser blood pressure response.
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Anjana et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy (n=30). Female gender vs. Male gender was evaluated on Endurance time during sustained isometric handgrip exercise at 30% of maximal voluntary contraction (p=0.001). Females demonstrated a longer endurance time and a lower blood pressure response during sustained isometric handgrip exercise compared to males.
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